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Dorset faces nearly £7million in funding cuts
MILLIONS will be trimmed from council budgets in Dorset as local authorities feel the squeeze of the government’s austerity measures. Councils knew the bad news was coming, but Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles MP has now announced
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Hardy's hair goes under the hammer in Dorchester
A BROOCH containing the hair of Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy is going under the hammer in Dorchester tomorrow. The brooch carries the inscription ‘Capt Thomas Hardy, 1815’ and is believed to have been given to a member of the Dorset-born naval commander
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Death crash Dorchester biker named
A DORCHESTER motorcyclist who died last Friday on the A357 in North Dorset has been named. Neil Dominic Carter, aged 26, from the Dorchester area, died at the scene of the accident between Sturminster Newton and Shillingstone. Mr Carter
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Summer steam train trips to Weymouth
WEYMOUTH is on track for a steamy summer. A heritage rail company is to start running a weekly steam train service to the resort from London. Trains carrying up to 446 day-trippers will be steaming into town every Wednesday during the holidays. Passengers
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Perfect afternoon for Church Fete and Dog Show
THE CHURCH FETE and Fun Dog Show was blessed with a beautiful sunny afternoon which set the scene for a wonderful event. The Dog Show was well attended with dogs of all shapes, sizes and pedigrees and they was a good queue waiting to register
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Vintage bus day returns to Weymouth
ALL aboard for a bus rally. Organisers are gearing up for the fourth Weymouth Vintage Bus Running Day on Sunday. A total of 60 vehicles old and new are heading to Weymouth College, where there will be a static display of buses, engineering exhibits
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Bridport pervert had hundreds of child images
A SEX offender who made hundreds of porn-ographic images of children was warned that he faces prison if he steps out of line. Michael Raymond Keepax, 61, of Magdalen Lane, Bridport, was sentenced for 15 counts of making indecent images of children, more
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Litter Picking Team combats the litter louts!
Abbotsbury and Langton Herring
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Park district
WHAT a glorious day on Sunday for the Veterans parade, and the stall we had at the Mosaic, near Greenhill Gardens did very well. Our thanks to everyone who helped and for those who supported us. If anyone has any books or small prizes for the tombola
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Developer in crisis: Fears of 'eyesore' at Greenhill
ARCHITECTURE campaigners and a borough councillor warned the building’s ‘skeleton’ would be an eyesore if left unfinished. Councillor Ray Banham, a member of the borough council’s planning and traffic committee, said: “We’ve got to somehow
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Developer in crisis: Concern for Weymouth apartments project
THE DEVELOPER of luxury apartments in Weymouth has gone into administration with reported debts of £11.8million. The closure of Laishley Developments Limited, the company behind the unfinished Hutton Apartments on the seafront at Greenhill, has left
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Milo wins Dorset Echo Pet Idol
A pugnacious pet has scooped the Dorset Echo’s Pet Idol title. This year’s winner is Milo, a pug shih tzu cross, who lives with the Newport family in Viscount Road, Weymouth. This year’s event saw stiff competition as furry entrants battled it out.
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Rude Mechanicals return to Dorset
PREPARE to be ‘dumped in the deep end’ as the Rude Mechanicals Theatre Company returns to Dorset. These popular players are back in the county with their latest show Ik’r’Us Inc. It is a tale of dream-chasing that works as a parallel to the classical
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Proud of cadets at Weymouth veterans festival
WE were so pleased for the cadet bugler who played the last post and reveille at the parade on Sunday, for the best performance that most of our members have heard in a very long time. He is a credit to the corps and to Portland unit. Very well done
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Folly of building over Dorchester's history
Having seen the plans of the proposed redevelopment in the Charles Street area, I was taken aback by the overall scale of this development. I strongly urge everyone to view these plans that show, far more than words, the full extent of this proposal.
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Pavement art on Weymouth seafront
HUNDREDS of students brought a blaze of colour to Weymouth seafront for the regional heat of the Young Pavement Artists Competition. Youngsters from Budmouth Technology College and eight primary schools from across the resort created pavement
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Weymouth Transport Package: Businesses lose trade
BUSINESSES in the Lynch Road area of Weymouth have told how they are losing trade over the traffic disruption. This comes days after businesses in the town centre threatened to stop paying their business rates if the situation didn’t improve
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Weymouth Transport Package: Residents' fury over rat-run
RESIDENTS of a road being used as a rat-run are fighting back against the traffic chaos. They say they are prepared to barricade the road and withold their council tax unless the problem is dealt with. The residents of Lynch Road in
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Dorset police tackle domestic violence during World Cup
A CAMPAIGN to tackle domestic violence has been launched by Dorset Police as the World Cup kicks off. Specially-trained officers in dedicated police domestic violence response cars will be on standby throughout the football tournament to respond to victims
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Chessell cheer for beleaguered Cats
SCUNTHORPE’S Luke Chessell has joined the Weymouth Weyline Wildcats on loan as the Wessex Raceway outfit attempts to plug the holes left by a crippling injury list. With Terry Day already sidelined by concussion for up to another month and number one
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Claridge switches to the Wessex
SEVERAL players have made the switch across the Ridgeway from Weymouth to Dorchester Town in the past 18 months but heading back the other way this week was commercial manager Geoff Claridge. Kyle Critchell, Jamie Frampton, Scott Brice and Josh Llewellyn
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James the fifth helps Saints march on
A FIVE-WICKET haul from Mark James helped St George’s reinforce their position at the summit of Dorchester Evening League Division One. The table-toppers, up against Hazelbury Bryan, set an imposing total of 146-2 from their 20 overs with Colin Gough
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Revenge for Dorchester in memorial game
Doug Read Memorial Twenty20 Match Dorchester CC 145-7 beat DORCHESTER EVENING LEAGUE XI 70 by 75 runs DORCHESTER Cricket Club claimed the honours in the annual Doug Read Memorial Match at the Rec. In doing so, they gained revenge for last year
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Seasiders Trotter and Browne tear Winton apart
WINTON SPORTS 41 (1pt) lost to WEYMOUTH SECONDS 42-2 (19pts) by eight wickets FIFERS from both Dave Trotter and Simon Browne helped lift Weymouth Seconds out of Dorset League Division One’s drop-zone. The Seasiders’ opening bowlers tore
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Fiddes' finest
MATT Fiddes Martial Arts in Weymouth enjoyed considerable success at a kickboxing competition held at Holy Trinity Primary School. The inter-club event was open to students from three years old upwards and those from Matt Fiddes, run by Giles Richards
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Ben’s silver despite fall
BEN Westhenry came away with a silver medal in the under-17 men’s 1,500m steeplechase at the prestigious Southern Track & Field Championships. The event in Ashford, Kent, was only Westhenry’s second ever attempt at the notoriously arduous discipline.
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Charlie sets record after golden sprint
CHARLIE Samouelle set a new record at the South Dorset Primary Schools Athletics Championships. The Radipole School pupil took gold in the Year Five 150m and his time of 22.1secs is now the best ever in South Dorset. Other athletes to take centre stage
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Court camp is a surefire winner
WITH the British tennis season getting into full swing and Wimbledon just around the corner, those hoping to take their first steps into the sport did so during a four-day tennis camp at Wey Valley School and Sports College. Youngsters, mainly aged eight
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St Osmund’s are the tops
ST OSMUND’S Middle once again earned the tag of ‘top school’ at the Dorset Schools Biathlon Relays. Close to 150 pupils, from 14 schools, gathered at the Osprey Leisure Centre and the high standard of competition made for exciting races. But it was
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WeySports are on top of the world
WEYSPORTS held its first World Cup day, but even the support of several children at Weymouth could not help England to an opening match win over the USA. However, the events that preceded the cheering on of Wayne Rooney and his England team-mates at
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Bid to halt Dorset 'garden-grabbing'
DEVELOPMENT across Dorset is set for a major overhaul after a change in the planning process. So-called ‘garden grabbing’ is set to stop following new legislation changing garden planning classification from brown to greenfield sites. Garden space used